I am a Taoist priest in the extraordinary world

Chapter 17 Taboo: 【Badge】

After rambling a few words here and there, the caring Ivy said, "Don't be late for work tomorrow morning", and Dante hung up the phone.

Now, all his mind is on this badge, he lifts it up and puts it down, front and back, and looks at it repeatedly for a long time.

"I remember the pain in my body last night, which also weakened after holding the badge"

Dante fiddled for a long time, but still didn't find any clues or changes.

"Could it be that some special method is required to activate it?"

He said to himself, it seems that it is necessary to find an opportunity to look up relevant information after work.

Although it is unclear what the specific function of this badge is, it is basically certain that it is by no means a simple decoration.

Since he thought about the problems on the timeline just now, combined with the clues he had, many things that he thought were strange before suddenly became clear.

First of all, after Owen came to Nuolan, through some means, Kyle's father came into contact with the "No. 1-27" taboo—that is, the [box].

Later, because of Kyle, the original body came into contact with the [box], and was also affected by the power of ether and died.

Two days later, he crossed over by himself, and his body remained intact due to the unknown power of the badge.

In this process, there are still questions about how the [box] was used, when it was taken away by Owen of the Truth sect, and why the badge was not found
and many more!

In the blink of an eye, Dante suddenly remembered something that had been neglected in his memory.

When Kyle came that night, the badge was installed, and the original body fiddled with it for a long time before it was suddenly opened.

However, the original body was all focused on the badge at that time, ignoring Kyle's state at that time!
Now that I think about it carefully, the thing that holds the badge is a silver box!
"It seems that any minutiae cannot be ignored."

The corner of Dante's mouth twitched into a satisfied smile similar to that of a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and then the smile gradually faded because he had made a new discovery.

According to Joseph, the 【Box】is just a box. Judging from his performance, it shows that even the people of the Special Investigation Bureau do not know that there is a badge hidden in it.
Then why, the original body can open it?
Owen has stolen such a long time, doesn't he know that there is still a badge hidden in the [box]?
"Forget it, if you are undecided, let's make a decision first."

Dante stopped thinking about it, straightened his clothes, and sat upright, with his hands folded on his lower abdomen as before, his thumbs pressed together, and he closed his eyes and recited silently:
"Tai Shang Xing, the strain will not stop."

"Exorcise evil spirits, protect your life and protect your body."

As the chanting sounded, that mysterious feeling came again, and it was faster and more familiar than before.

Because of his previous experience, this time Dante left part of his attention to observe himself, his surroundings, and the emblem.

He found that when he started chanting the mantra, the beginning of the mysterious feeling was the first sentence "Tai Shang Tai Xing, always changing".

And feeling the warm power enveloping oneself, the state of the brain becoming clearer, is the whole process from the second sentence of the mantra to the last sentence.

Until the official reading was finished, the feeling reached the strongest peak, just like the last time, I felt that I could get the most correct guidance just by pinching my fingers casually.

On the silver badge, a touch of brilliance quietly flashed, but this time, it was caught by Dante.

"Is there any extraordinary power on the item?"

He held the badge in his right hand, rubbed his thumbs, and muttered to himself.

The next moment, he suddenly felt a huge force emerge from the badge, which was transmitted to his body along the palm of his hand.

This force is cold, chaotic, and extremely uncontrollable. It is like a sea wave in an instant, constantly impacting Dante's consciousness, and there are tingling sensations in his head again and again.

Immediately afterwards, there was a murmuring whisper from someone who didn't know what it was, the syllables were indescribable, extremely detailed, and the content could not be distinguished at all.

But the more this happened, the more Dante couldn't help but want to listen carefully, his thoughts seemed to be caught in the wandering between reality and illusion.

At this moment, a force completely different from that of the badge poured down from Dante's head, like a waterfall constantly washing his body, washing away all kinds of discomfort.

All of a sudden, he had a certain kind of enlightenment in his heart, he stopped his attention, and for the first time clearly sensed the existence of [Qi], or ether, in his body. He quickly pinched his left hand, put his index and middle fingers together, and drew a complex pattern in the void. Ao's gesture, facing the badge, suddenly pressed down.

All kinds of murmurs that overlapped in my ears receded like a tide in an instant. That huge, chaotic, and cold force was like a prey in a cage. Zuo roared unwillingly, and was confined to the badge.

"What is the situation with this force?"

Cold sweat dripped from Dante's forehead, and for the first time he truly felt the terrifying scene described by Leon.

If he hadn't recited the mantra of purifying the mind in advance, woke up in time, and controlled it with the Taoist seal technique, would he have faced the end of losing control just in an instant?
He is now extremely convinced that [Badge] must be a taboo item, and its level is definitely much higher than that of "1-27".

It's just that its function is still uncertain at present, and when my special job level increases in the future, maybe there will be a day when the answer will be revealed.

Dante breathed out, calmed down for a moment, and opened the bottom drawer of the desk. He was about to put the [badge] in it, but after thinking about it, he closed the drawer again, and put this mysterious item close to his body.

"This thing can only be assured if you carry it with you. At least for now, Taoist secret arts have the means to control it."

Dante does not intend to report the matter of the [badge], because at present, in this world, there is no person or organization that he can fully trust, even if the Special Investigation Bureau is an official federal agency.

"It seems that during this period of time, we need to learn more about the literature on taboos."

"However, why can the original body open the [box]?"

Dante closed his eyes and meditated, pinched his left hand, and used the method of the big Liuren to use the universe in his sleeve again.

I don't know if it was the reason of the unexpected situation just now or other circumstances, but the efficiency of divination today is better than that of the first time, and within a short while, I have the answer.

"Blood."

The counting hand paused slightly, Dante opened his eyes, and those sapphire-like eyes reflected a deep thoughtful light.

Ashburn Family
"It seems that I have to take some time to contact my soldier brother."

"Goethe Ashburn."

(End of this chapter)